Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1.59 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 1.59 million ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.3% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.73 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43,215 ha, in 1964.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,849 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,573 ha | -8.6% |
| 1963 | 49,152 ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 43,215 ha | -12.1% |
| 1965 | 51,832 ha | +19.9% |
| 1966 | 47,765 ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 48,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 53,143 ha | +10.3% |
| 1969 | 58,568 ha | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 60,312 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 51,300 ha | -14.9% |
| 1972 | 59,480 ha | +15.9% |
| 1973 | 84,131 ha | +41.4% |
| 1974 | 106,171 ha | +26.2% |
| 1975 | 132,799 ha | +25.1% |
| 1976 | 152,582 ha | +14.9% |
| 1977 | 188,630 ha | +23.6% |
| 1978 | 221,600 ha | +17.5% |
| 1979 | 169,621 ha | -23.5% |
| 1980 | 178,841 ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 195,656 ha | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 200,284 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 183,937 ha | -8.2% |
| 1984 | 219,634 ha | +19.4% |
| 1985 | 225,151 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 225,229 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 214,651 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 254,555 ha | +18.6% |
| 1989 | 280,323 ha | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 334,650 ha | +19.4% |
| 1991 | 343,822 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 305,105 ha | -11.3% |
| 1993 | 339,246 ha | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 304,019 ha | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 279,896 ha | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 305,134 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 287,761 ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 301,682 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 340,952 ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 377,457 ha | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 401,717 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 473,115 ha | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 514,636 ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 556,189 ha | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 568,565 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 655,397 ha | +15.3% |
| 2007 | 662,728 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 687,088 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 756,502 ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 775,014 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.10 million ha | +42.4% |
| 2012 | 1.20 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.22 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.24 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.37 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 1.40 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.43 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 1.43 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.50 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 1.58 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 1.62 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 1.73 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 1.59 million ha | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,700 ha | 43,215 ha | 58,568 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 122,663 ha | 51,300 ha | 221,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 217,826 ha | 178,841 ha | 280,323 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 314,227 ha | 279,896 ha | 343,822 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 565,339 ha | 377,457 ha | 756,502 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 775,014 ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.60 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 8 China (People’s Republic of) 780,219 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 780,219 ha compare
- 10 Spain 754,430 ha compare
- 11 France 753,680 ha compare
- 12 Hungary 674,130 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 529,000 ha compare
- 14 Uganda 280,000 ha compare
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- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 50.84 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 69,790 t (2024)
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- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 25.89 million An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1.59 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.73 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,215 ha in 1964.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.